What's Wrong with the World
- Sayfa
- 190
- Tür
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The principle is this: that in everything worth having, even in every pleasure, there is a point of pain or tedium that must be survived, so that the pleasure may revive and endure. The joy of battle comes after the first fear of death; the joy of reading Virgil comes after the bore of learning him; the glow of the…
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The principle is this: that in everything worth having, even in every pleasure, there is a point of pain or tedium that must be survived, so that the pleasure may revive and endure. The joy of battle comes after the first fear of death; the joy of reading Virgil comes after the bore of learning him; the glow of the sea-bather comes after the icy shock of the sea bath; and the success of the marriage comes after the failure of the honeymoon. All human vows, laws, and contracts are so many ways of surviving with success this breaking point, this instant of potential surrender.
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Kitap bilgileri
- Format
- Kitap
- ISBN
- 9786257445481
- Yazar
- Gilbert Keith Chesterton
- Sayfa
- 190
- Cilt
- Ciltsiz
- Kağıt
- 2. Hamur
- Ebat
- 14,0 x 21,0
- Baskı
- Temmuz / 2021
- Yayınevi
- Gece Kitaplığı
